[RedRidingHood]

My first time posting here so please be patient. Have been a lurker for many years. Do a google search for Legal Status of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia in the United States. You will find euthanasia is prohibited in Florida under the general homicide laws. Don't know if it would help to research it further Also, if anything does happen to Terri is there a way to follow the money trail? Monies paid to Greer, Hospice,etc.. Someone is getting paid off big time if Michael was actually awarded $9 million. Wanted to try and help Terri in some way..so I registered today just to help keep this thread bumped. Fran

[floriduh voter]

If a person in Florida draws up a Will, there's a separate page that addresses withholding of nourishment and fluids if that's the desire of the Testatrix. In Terri's case, there is no written document, just her husband's words that "she told him she never wanted to be kept alive artificially." Now, I don't trust the husband any more than I trust O.J. Simpson.

It's one feeding tube and she can breathe on her own. She is not in a coma. She is not on a respirator or ventilator. She is a disabled woman. Her husband put her in a hospice instead of a nursing home. That speaks volumes. Thanks for your post.

[windchime]

Read your post and wanted to thank you for helping with ideas. I don't know if the money trail can be followed, but am sure there's someone on this forum who will know.

Also, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to FreeRepublic. Glad to have you here!

[kimmie7]

Welcome to FR. Sorry something so shameful as this situation is what gave us the opportunity to "meet" you.

[windchime]

RedRidingHood, following is the link to the site you mentioned:

Legal Status of Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia in the United States

[yhwhsman]

Thanks for the post, and welcome to the family.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Welcome to Free Republic!

R., the legalities are tricky. Euthanasia, I believe, requires action to precipitate death. Taking someone off of artificial life support, if they are unable to speak for themselves, is left to the nearest and dearest. Still, food is hardly 'artificial' life support or babies and many seniors and the disabled are in trouble.

If you stopped feeding Christopher Reeve, he would starve, but it wouldn't be euthanasia. Murder or criminal neglect by the guardian?